How do you feel about your birthday?

[georgeharrison]

I have my 35th birthday coming up. My mom just mentioned to me having a get together and I nearly burst into tears. For some reason I get super depressed and emotional on my birthday. I don't know why. It's not the getting older. I feel pretty good about my life at 35. I don't feel like I've missed out on a bunch of stuff or I've made a bunch of bad decisions.

Anyway...just hoping you guys could all tell me how crazy I am and how much you love your birthday or don't care or whatever.

[madDawg228]

Oct 9, 2012 13:29:51 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

e awesome. When they stop, THAT sucks!

This! I look at birthdays as a "me, me, me" AW day. The age shouldn't really matter.

[mkate710]

I love birthdays, but mine does bum me out a little. The reasons are petty and selfish though... I feel like I invest a lot of time, energy and cash in celebrating everyone else's birthdays, but with mine being over Thanksgiving weekend, it winds up being an afterthought. Everyone is busy or out of town. Even my mom, who has always been really insistent that everyone's birthdays get celebrated, just kinda lumps it in with thanksgiving now that I'm older.

H's family doesn't give a single freaking crap about birthdays, so when we first met he didn't quite get why mine was important to me. He's gotten a lot better (mostly because I've thrown him some freaking awesome birthday celebrations in the time we've been together) and now goes out of his way to acknowledge my birthday. So, I'm kind of ok with my birthday just being me and DH now, and kind of accepted the fact that my birthday isn't going to involve celebrating with anyone else.

Whiney ungrateful selfish brat much?

I am deeply grateful for every birthday I have. I don't take being alive for granted.

[fiddles]

Mk I feel the same about mine. It's the 29th of December. I just feel like it's an afterthought.the majority of the time.

Other than that I love birthdays. We went to Disney 2 years ago for the day and I made sure to get my happy birthday button. :-)

[llh0211]

I'm usually kind of ambivilant about my birthday... I don't like being the center of attention, so I don't like to make a big deal out of it.

My birthday is coming up in a couple weeks, and this year I'm kind of dreading it. Mostly because of all the personal crap that is going on in my life... It'll be my first birthday without H, and to say I'm no where near where I thought I'd be is an understatement.

[dana86]

I enjoy my birthday and celebrating it. I like making a big deal of other peoples birthdays so it's nice when some of that energy is put in my direction on my birthday

[BlackCanary]

I LOVE my birthday! The only thing that bums me out is since it's on the 22nd of December, it's kinda goes by the wayside because of Christmas.

I'm super excited this year! I'll end up working at PetSmart, but the latest I'll be there is 2 pm. Afterwords I plan on going to my favorite spa with some friends. ;D

[sarack]

i love my birthday and usually am excited to celebrate it. this year h and i went to nyc.. it was weird. i didn't feel special except when i went to crumbs and the lady was signing "happy birthday to ya, happy birthday..." it was fun. but otherwise, h doesn't care about bdays so it wasn't that exciting. i wish some one made me a cake and we had dinner and ice cream.

i also didn't really care about how old i was and it hit me last week that i'm now 27. i know it's not 'old' but i'm like.. shit, i should have some kids or do something with my life.. instead, i'm going to buy 2 new cars, not travel for a while, and work my ass off.

[Deleted]

The older I get the less I care about my birthday. I had a minor freak out this year (30), but meh, nothing's changed since I turned 30.

I would so much rather spend my birthday with a small group of close friends than a huge random party though.

[sarack]

i agree. i'd rather spend it with close friends and family too.

[mkate710]

Oct 9, 2012 16:49:35 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Oct 9, 2012 16:20:17 GMT -5 sarack said:

i agree. i'd rather spend it with close friends and family too.

Yes. I just want those close friends and family to remember it's my birthday and make me feel special. I don't need presents or a party, but I want some love and attention.

Ditto. I'd rather spend my birthday with a small group of friends... but holiday birthdays rule out spending it with friends.

[Deleted]

As long as I get to spend part of the day with my family I'm a happy camper. Age doesn't matter to me.

[Deleted]

I love my birthday, I just miss celebrating it with my family. DH's family just doesn't do birthday's the same way

[jennlin]

i think it was uw, called me a bday nazi. i don't love my birthday. it's just another day....... i'll do the chinese tradition of eating noodles on my birthday (and anyone's birthday)...represents longevity. i always call my mom at the time that i was born (7:30am) because she's the one that did all the work on my birthday, not me (i once called tygirljojo's mom, on tygirl's bday, too...)

i hate big birthday celebrations where people go out and get trashed for their birthday. a few people, here and there, dinner together home or out, is fine and i think is all bdays need. maybe a slice of cake. everybody has a birthday.

birthday nazi, signing out.

eta: like pp's, i like it when people acknowledge my birthday, but it's not a day to "celebrate" really....

[amandasw]

I like my birthday, but I'm happy with a nice dinner or something, I don't care about it being a big thing (although H has done some really fun surprises for me). I was born on my dad's birthday so I like being with my family usually

And while my birthday doesn't fall near a holiday, I've also gotten used to not having big birthday parties since I have a summer birthday and people were always gone when I was in younger.

[karebear219]

I like my birthday. It is sometimes on a holiday week end (Presidents' Day). It's getting to the point where it is an after thought, since Valentines Day, my birthday and our anniversary are all in Feb. I kind of get tired of celebrating. I haven't had a real issue with my birthday yet. I do kinda miss my 20's, but not really. My 30's are bringing great things so far.

Fiddles - My H's birthday is on the 28th, so he totally feels your pain. I have to work extra hard to make it a special day with him. He never really gets to celebrate with his friends since Christmas is the week before and new years the week after. Luckly his parents are very pro birthday so he gets a lot of family love. I'm so thankful bkb's birthday is in October so she doesn't have to deal with this multiple holiday stuff.

[hallows]

I love my birthday. I don't care if it's anything big, and I don't care about age, but I enjoy being thought of and spending time the way I want to.

Birthdays should be celebrated because it's a way of saying, "I'm happy you exist."

[kwpnjumper55]

I love my birthday, no matter what age I'm turning. It's on Cinco de Mayo, tequila makes everything ok

[BlackCanary]

Oct 10, 2012 12:32:35 GMT -5 hallows said:

I love my birthday. I don't care if it's anything big, and I don't care about age, but I enjoy being thought of and spending time the way I want to.

Birthdays should be celebrated because it's a way of saying, "I'm happy you exist."

I love this!